Patents are a bitch and frankly it is why Nokia just gave up on trying to make their chips in house. A company called Interdigital sued Nokia back in 2005 and a judge decided they deserved a quarter of a billion dollars. That case was over 2G and 2.5G technologies. History is repeating itself and Interdigital is now suing over 3G technologies in the Nokia N75 which happen to violate another one of their patents.
“Despite our efforts to resolve 3G patent licensing matters with Nokia, we have been unable to come to an agreement,” said William J. Merritt, President and Chief Executive Officer of InterDigital. “As a developer of advanced innovative technologies and an owner of a large and growing patent portfolio, if we cannot negotiate an acceptable license agreement with a company using our inventions, we will aggressively defend our intellectual property rights.”
[Via: Business Wire]
“Nokia intends to vigorously defend itself, its products, and its integrity in this matter and ensure that its rights are protected,” Nokia spokeswoman said, adding that the company would not offer additional comments on the case yet, because it has not received copies of the complaints.
[Via: Reuters]